Police Report for Jan. 26

Thursday

Jan 25, 2018 at 5:31 PM

Police Report for Jan. 26

Gadsden

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

A 56-year-old Gadsden man didn’t want to make a police report, despite pain to his ribs after his ex-girlfriend struck him with her vehicle at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of Blythe Street, but police made a report anyway because of the serious nature of the incident. The man told police he argued with the 50-year-old woman and she started to back out of the driveway then accelerated toward him and struck him. He declined medical assistance.

FORGERY

A Gadsden man reported he sold some baseball memorabilia online to a man for $100. He met the man Sunday Monday night in a parking lot in the 300 block of East Meighan Boulevard to make the exchange and later determined he’d been given 10 counterfeit $10 bills. The suspect was a skinny white man in late 20s or early 30s with a nose piercing and tattoos on both hands, driving a gold 1990s’s model Chevrolet Lumina.

A business in the 200 block of North 12th Street reported receiving three counterfeit $20 bills and one counterfeit $100 bill Sunday.

BURGLARIES/ THEFTS

Thousands of dollars worth of Matco hand tools were reported stolen Saturday from a truck in the 1700 block of Forrest Avenue.

Prescription medication and miscellaneous jewelry for men was stolen beween 8 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Monday from a location in the 900 block of Charles Avenue.

A wallet was reported stolen from a vehicle between 5:30 p.m. Jan. 16 and 8 a.m. Jan. 17 in the 200 block of South Third Street.

Someone kicked open the front door of a residence in the 1800 block of Eisenhower Street between 3 p.m. and 5:08 p.m. Jan. 18 and stole a computer, a PlayStation 4 game system and games, an Xbox 360, diamond stud earrings, money, three watches, a tablet device, and prescription medication.

Two iPads were reported stolen last Friday form a location in the 400 block of Coolridge Street.

A man was taken into custody pending further investigation after someone reportedly saw him breaking into a vehicle in a parking lot in the 600 block of South Third Street and called police.

Someone jumped off a 1997 Saturn SLI Sunday to steal it from an auto shop in the 1400 block of South 11th Street.

A man reported the theft between 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday of a stove, a silver ring and a handmade wooden box, taken from a shed in the 3200 block of East Meighan Boulevard. He saw a Piedmont man offering the items for sale on Facebook. A woman reported buying the box from the man without knowing it was stolen.

Security cameras captured a suspect riding a bicycle up to the field house in the 1900 block of Black Creek Parkway at about 10:45 p.m. Tuesday and prying open the door. Once inside he stole money from a vending machine.

Someone took a Sawzall and a Skillsaw between 6:45 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday from the carport of a residence in the 1100 block of Bellvue Drive.

A man reported the theft between Jan. 9 and Tuesday of a debit card, jewelry, a shaving kit, a battery charger, a blanket and medication from his residence in the 3200 block of East Meighan Boulevard. The debit card had been used.

Someone burglarized a vehicle Wednesday evening in the 2700 block of West Meighan Boulevard, taking a purse, two wallets, cash, credit cards, a wedding ring and a makeup bag.

SHOTS FIRED

A woman reported leaving her car at the bird sanctuary in the 1200 block of South 11th Street after it broke down on Jan. 18 and returning Saturday to find someone had fired shots into the rear and front driver’s side doors.

Two businesses reported windows damaged when someone shot them with a pellet gun or air rifle Jan. 18 or Jan. 19. Seven windows were damaged at a business in the 2700 block of Forrest Avenue. One was damaged at a business in the 100 block of West Meighan Boulevard.

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